Second government of Israel
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The second government of Israel was formed during the first Knesset. David Ben-Gurion made an attempt to form a minority government consisting of Mapai and Sephardim and Oriental Communities on 17 October, but it was not approved by the Knesset. Two days later President Chaim Weizmann asked Progressive Party leader Pinchas Rosen to form a government,[1] but it was Ben-Gurion who finally managed to do so on 1 November 1950. The coalition partners were the same as in the first government: Mapai, the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Democratic List of Nazareth.
There was a slight reshuffle in the cabinet; David Remez moved from the Transportation ministry to Education, replacing Zalman Shazar (who was left out of the new cabinet), Dov Yosef replaced Remez as Minister of Transportation, whilst Pinhas Lavon replaced Yosef in as Minister of Agriculture. Yaakov Geri was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry despite not being a Member of the Knesset. There was also a new Deputy Minister in the Transportation ministry.
| The Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Position | Person | Party |
| Prime Minister Minister of Defense |
David Ben-Gurion | Mapai |
| Minister of Agriculture | Pinhas Lavon | Mapai |
| Minister of Education and Culture | David Remez | Mapai |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Moshe Sharett | Mapai |
| Minister of Finance | Eliezer Kaplan | Mapai |
| Minister of Health Minister of Immigration Minister of Internal Affairs |
Haim-Moshe Shapira | United Religious Front |
| Minister of Justice | Pinchas Rosen | Progressive Party |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Golda Meir | Mapai |
| Minister of Police | Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit | Sephardim and Oriental Communities |
| Minister of Religions and War Victims | Yehuda Leib Maimon | United Religious Front |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | Yaakov Geri | Not an MK |
| Minister of Transportation | Dov Yosef | Mapai |
| Minister of Welfare | Yitzhak-Meir Levin | United Religious Front |
| Deputy Minister of Transportation | Reuven Sheri | Mapai |
The government resigned on 14 February, 1951 after the Knesset had rejected David Remez's proposals on the registration of schoolchildren. Elections were held on 30 July 1951.
[edit] References
- ^ 1950 timeline Jewish Agency for Israel
[edit] External links
- Government 2 Knesset website (English)
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